September 10, 2004

OP-ED: SWINGING AT TERRORISM -- AND MISSING (Raleigh) News & Observer, Sept. 10 -- Bruce Jentleson, director of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy at Duke and author of "American Foreign Policy: The Dynamics of Choice in the 21st Century," offers analysis. ... Full Story

POLLS SUGGEST WAR ISN'T HURTING BUSH Washington Post, Sept. 10 -- Duke political scientist Peter D. Feaver has been skeptical of the notion that combat deaths necessarily translate to an erosion of public support for Iraq policy. ... Full Story --Also, (Toronto) Globe and Mail: Democrats Renew Attack on Bush After CBS Obtains Service Record ... Full Story

EDITORIAL: DUKE'S ODYSSEUS (Durham) Herald-Sun, Sept. 10 -- Duke President Richard Brodhead's affirmation of his predecessor's refusal to divest in firms with military ties to Israel "wisely continues a policy that is by no means as simple as it might appear." ... Full Story --Also, News 14 Carolina: Duke President Says No Change on Israel Divesting Policy ... Full Story Duke News: Palestine Solidarity Conference at Duke ... Full Story

DUKE CLINICAL TRIAL PROVIDING HOPE, FIRST BIRTHDAY FOR SOME PATIENTS (Raleigh) WRAL-TV, Sept. 10 -- Thanks to clinical trials at Duke Children's Hospital for a genetic disorder called Pompe's disease, Yamila Romero Jimenez celebrated her first birthday. ... Full Story --Also, (Walnut Creek, Calif.) Contra Costa Times: From a Few Years of Life to a Future (Dr. Joanne Kurtzberg; free registration required.) ... Full Story (U.K.) Daily Record: Family's Delight as Readers Give Sara a Chance of Survival (Dr. Kurtzberg) ... Full Story

ROLE MODEL Our State magazine, September 2004 -- Theater Previews, the professional producing arm of the Duke Department of Theater Studies, gives Duke students many internship opportunities. (Article not available online; faxed upon request to eduke@duke.edu.) --Also, Wall Street Journal: Far From the Great White Way ("Little Women" opening at Duke; link for subscribers; article e-mailed upon request.) Savannah Morning News: 'South' Bound for Savannah (with Christina Rhodes, a recent Duke theater studies graduate) ... Full Story

A SECURITY CHALLENGE FOR ACADEMIA SearchSecurity.com, Sept. 7 -- "We're trying to educate people on viruses, worms and Trojan horses and the need to have individual firewalls," says Chris Cramer, an IT security officer at Duke. ... Full Story

LINKS TO LATIN AMERICA (Raleigh) News & Observer, Sept. 10 -- Duke pediatrician Dr. Dennis A. Clements, who teaches a course devoted to exploring medicine in foreign cultures, will volunteer in La Fiesta's expanded health care fair this weekend. ... Full Story

ON THE AIR The late Terry Sanford, who was Duke's president from 1969 to 1985, will be featured in "Biographical Conversations with Terry Sanford," an hour-long UNC-TV documentary that will air Sunday at 7 p.m. ... More info here -- Also, Professor Ariel Dorfman will be a guest Saturday (4-5 p.m. ET) on Wisconsin Public Radio's "Here on Earth." Listen live or to the archived show. The topic will be reflections on 9/11. ... More info here